Cap'n

See also: cap'n

English

Noun

Cap'n (plural Cap'ns)

  1. (informal) Contraction of Captain.
    • 1921 December 25, “BABY WHALE JOINS ITS DAD. So Says Cap'n Edwards, but Amagansett Has Doubts.”, in The New York Times‎[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 7 November 2025:
      The cynical assert that Cap'ns Edwards and Felix and the rest of them don't know a bull whale when they see one, and that the chances are that Father Whale is the missing member of the family.
    • 1992 October 27, Adrian Leftwich, “A serious offence, piracy: When Cap'n Hook vanished one day, Adrian Leftwich investigated”, in The Independent‎[2], London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 6 July 2022:
      HE WAS a fine pirate, in the best piratical tradition, and stood outside our local toy library.
    • 2017 May 22, Mike McCahill, “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales review – Cap'n Jack's panto's back”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian‎[3], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 May 2017:
      Javier Bardem brings an air of mouldering chorizo to this guest-villain role, but the screenplay doesn’t develop the enmity so much as jetski around it, stirring up noisy turbulence – doubtless sensing that the fanbase isn’t here for intricate yarn-spinning, rather the long-awaited/shruggingly tolerated return of Cap’n Jack.
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